From 7a5ae096e018fd91443a04c5a94ae83b268c8d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 12:59:49 +0100
Subject: inform the kernel that the blacklist will be accessed in random order
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Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
---
 src/passcheck | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/passcheck b/src/passcheck
index ab3f323..0633e40 100755
--- a/src/passcheck
+++ b/src/passcheck
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ if waste_ram:
 else:
     blacklist = set([])
     fd = os.open('blacklist', os.O_RDONLY)
+    try:
+        os.posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, os.POSIX_FADV_RANDOM)
+    except:
+        pass
     blacklist_files.append((fd, os.fstat(fd).st_size))
 for directory in ['/usr/share/dict/', '/usr/local/share/dict/']:
     dictionaries = None
-- 
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